God's Promise to Abraham

^4-5I promise that you will be the father of many nations. That's why I now change your name from Abram to Abraham. ⁶I will give you a lot of descendants, and in the future they will become great nations. Some of them will even be kings.

⁷I will always keep the promise I have made to you and your descendants, because I am your God and their God. ⁸I will give you and them the land in which you are now a foreigner. I will give the whole land of Canaan to your family forever, and I will be their God.

⁹Abraham, you and all future members of your family must promise to obey me. ^10-11As the sign that you are keeping this promise, you must circumcise every man and boy in your family. ^12-13From now on, your family must circumcise every baby boy when he is eight days old. You must even circumcise any man or boy you have as a slave, both those born in your homes and those you buy from foreigners. This will be a sign that my promise to you will last forever. ¹⁴Any man who isn't circumcised hasn't kept his promise to me and cannot be one of my people.